by Hennie Heymans | Jul 22, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1966 Beginning of the Bush War, 1966 Bush War / Coin, 1966 Ongulambashe, Academicians, African Battlegrounds, Deutsch Sûdwest Afrika (DSWA), Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs (RSA), Historical photos, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, National Security - Nasionale Veiligheid, Ongulambashe, SA Dept of Foreign Affairs, SAP 1939 Nazi's in SWA interned, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP South West Africa Division, SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE [SADF], SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, The World Court, The World Court, The World Court: SWA
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – 1966 Wêreldhofuitspraak SWA Inleiding Suid-Afrika het Suidwes-Afrika – ’n mandaatgebied van die voormalige Volkebond – sedert die einde van die Eerste Wêreldoorlog geadministreer. In 1939 het die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie die gebied binnegegaan om...
by Rene Geyer | Jul 15, 2026 | 1st South African Infantry Brigade, Battle of the Somme, Delville Wood, First World War, SA Military History, South African Overseas Expeditionary Force
FROM SWAZILAND TO THE SOMME: PETRUS JACOBUS KOSTER AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR René Geyer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-7284 Abstract This article reconstructs the First World War service of Private Petrus Jacobus (Piet) Koster, my great-grandfather, and places his...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 8, 2026 | 1906 Bambatha Rebellion (Medal), 1913 ZA Berede Skutters, 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1914 Rebellion, 1939 - 1945: The Wartime SA Police, Anglo Boer War, History of the Natal (Mounted) Police, Local South African Police Forces, Military History, Natal Police (Colony), Roll of Honour - Ererol, SA Mounted Rifles / SA Berede Skutters, SA Police Medals, SAP Durban, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Port Natal Division, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force (1912)
Nongqai Vol 17 No 7 – Const WL Bos/ss ABSTRACT This article examines the complex service history of Constable William Lodewyk Bos/Boss, a member of the South African Mounted Rifles (SAMR) who later transferred to the South African Police (SAP). His career illustrates...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 11, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1914 Rebellion, Gen Louis Botha, General JC Smuts, SA Armoured Trains, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Hennie Heymans Contents Welcome Vol 1 No 1A 1 SOUTH AFRICA: ARMOURED AND SPECIAL TRAINS USED DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND REBELLION BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN SECURITY FORCES 3 1. Introduction: What is an armoured train? 3 1899 – 1902 Anglo Boer War 4 1906 Bambatha...
by Hennie Heymans | Oct 16, 2025 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, 1966 Beginning of the Bush War, CULTURE - PRESERVING, Military History, SA Cape Corps, SA Military History, SACC - SAKK, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force
The Monument of the Forgotten Soldiers of the Cape Coloured Corps: Carnarvon Northern Cape THE MONUMENT OF THE FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS OF THE CAPE COLOURED CORPS: CARNARVON NORTHERN CAPE Compiled by Wolfgang Witschas Introduction In the small town of Carnarvon in the...
by Hennie Heymans | Jun 26, 2025 | Military History, 1914 - 1918 WW1, Military Mascots, SA Military History
JACKIE THE BABOON JACKIE, BILLY AND DINKS: THE BABOON, THE BOLD AND THE IMMORTAL © Dirk Danschutter, MMSc Degreed in Medical Sciences and in Medico-Social Sciences Summary In his historiographic review on South African Service Pets (in 1956), HH Curson explained that...
